{"id":21824,"date":"2016-03-01T08:15:53","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T08:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/?p=21824"},"modified":"2016-02-29T20:16:11","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T20:16:11","slug":"21824-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/21824-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Wet And Wild Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A friend of mine and I were discussing paddling in Wales last Sunday. He described it as the best best place in world to paddle. Given that he has paddled the world over that is not a throw away statement.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21825\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/21824-2\/screen-shot-2016-02-28-at-22-08-36\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-28-at-22.08.36.png\" data-orig-size=\"899,469\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Wet And Wild Wales\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-28-at-22.08.36.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-28-at-22.08.36.png\" alt=\"Wet And Wild Wales\" width=\"899\" height=\"469\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-28-at-22.08.36.png 899w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-28-at-22.08.36-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-28-at-22.08.36-768x401.png 768w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-28-at-22.08.36-676x353.png 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 899px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This edit from Luke Farmer gives just a small glimpse of what Wet And Wild Wales has to offer the whitewater paddler.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When the rain comes, Wales can provide some of the highest quality whitewater paddling within the UK. While at Aberystwyth University, I got the chance to paddle a variety of rivers across North, South and Mid-Wales, here are some of the highlights captured over the last couple of years. Big thanks to both Griff and Joe who supplied some of the footage.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/156786494\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/156786494\">Wet and Wild Wales<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/lukefarmer\">Luke Farmer<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Boaters include:<\/p>\n<p>Luke Farmer<br \/>\nGreg Hammond<br \/>\nJoe Callard<br \/>\nMatt North<br \/>\nOli Standen<br \/>\nJoe Rea-Dickens<br \/>\nJoe Thurgate<br \/>\nChris Griffiths<br \/>\nRhodri Howley<br \/>\nCallum IPaddleTheMettleWell<br \/>\nIeuan Belshaw<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A friend of mine and I were discussing paddling in Wales last Sunday. He described it as the best best place in world to paddle. Given that he has paddled the world over that is not a throw away statement. 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